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Focus on
Ashtanga Yoga
SATURDAY March 23rd, 4—6.00 PMAt YogaHome, Stoke Newington, N16
Ashtanga is at once challenging and calming. It demands discipline and commitment from yogis, yet within the structure of the sequences of asana, the main focus is on the expansion and flow of the breath. Ride the waves of your ujjayi breath, and your practice should become effortless, almost meditative. Come along and develop,
or discover, your Ashtanga practice.
We will devote two hours to explore the Primary series with some optional balances, taking time to find healthy alignment and try techniques to take you towards the more challenging postures. We'll work on the all-important transitions, discover tips for attempting or improving jump-throughs and setting up the ending inversions, finishing with the breathing sequence and relaxation.
Steeped in tradition, and the forefather to vinyasa flow, Ashtanga is a beautifully balanced, grounded style of yoga that synchronises movement with breath. Using drishti, bandhas and breath to focus the mind while working dynamically through a set series of postures, Ashtanga is designed to create an internal heat that cleanses the body, improves vitality, and calms the mind. Ultimately the poses become familiar and practice feels like a moving meditation.
All levels welcome, but not for complete beginners to yoga.
Saturday March 23rd
4.00 — 6.00 pm
YogaHome, Stoke Newington,
London N16
Cost: £30
Book at YogaHome
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FORMS AND FLOWS
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– A YOGA AND QIGONG POP UP CLASS
SaturDAY MAy 6TH 2023 2-3.30PM
Yoga and Qigong are complementary practices. Both can be flowing forms, helping us to tap into and use our energy, and yet instil a deep sense of self awareness, inner calmness and focus on the present. Yoga is often taught in a linear way (e.g. Sun Salutations) with an emphasis on extension and strong asana, while Qigong can encourage more connection with the Earth, and movement is often softer, circular and rhythmic. Come explore and appreciate the dance of both forms through an energising yet grounding practice.
There will be flowing sequences and some held postures, embracing the rich backgrounds and traditions of the two forms.
Book via Yoga At The Arc, Angel, Islington, London, price £15
*Pop-up classes can be accessed at no extra cost for Yoga at the Arc members or those with class packs*
Workshops and Pop-ups
SATURDAY JUNE 17TH 2023 4.00-6.00PM
SMALL MOVEMENTS, BIG SHIFTS
Discover the art of moving with grace and ease in a series of
somatic awareness, fascia release and flow yoga workshops.
Creating freedom and fluid movement in the fascia (layers of connective tissues)
can elicit change, releasing stagnancy on many levels, from habitual patterns of
moving and holding pain or fatigue in the body, to getting stuck in your practice.
In this extended practice we’ll focus on the back, exploring how releasing issues
in your tissues can help increase feelings of wellness, relax the nervous system and
prepare the body, allowing you to deepen your experience of yoga poses and your
enjoyment of them, perhaps finding your way more easefully into some ‘elusive’ asana.
From a slow, floor-based SATYA (sensory awareness training) fascia-release sequence,
we’ll build through a stabilising yet soulful yoga flow, with options for all levels.
The fascia-releasing SATYA element of the session is based on the work of Tias Little,
with whom Jayne has studied for many years.
*Open to all students of yoga, Pilates and other styles of movement,
but not suitable for pregnant or post-natal women (up to 12 weeks).
*Please wear warm and comfortable clothes, ideally with no zips and
fastenings that could dig in!
The series will focus on different areas/systems of the body:
the Back, Hips and Shoulders to boost your circulation leaving you pulsing with energy and feeling alive.
Book via Yoga at the Arc, Islington, London, costs £25
HAVE YOU GOT HAPPY HIPS?
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| Skandasana variation – how low can you go? |
How do you feel about your hips? Are they tight and uncomfortable, over flexible and unsupportive or just not willing to work with you towards certain yoga poses you like?
There is no one perfect sets of hips, we clench and grip them, we over stretch them, we may work outer hip muscles and then forget about the groins… we even twist and misalign them most days of our life, there may be emotional and fascia factors and then there are the physical restrictions of our individual bone structure. No wonder some postures feel fabulous and some just meh. In truth we need to work in many ways to both strengthen and release the supporting cast of muscles that help us move our hips or even sit with ease.
Join me for a hippy-centric workshop at Down to Earth studio, Tufnell Park, North London on Sunday 29th May, 2022, at 3-5pm. Come along and get hip with your hips.
Starting with a supine anatomical exploration so you get to know your hips and some alignment practices for comfortable and different hips, we'll move into a more dynamic, flowing sequence to release, strengthen and unstick the stickiness. There will be both Yang and Yin postures - so expect dynamic, alongside floor work and draping yourself over props to take it all in. Your hips will love you for it! As always challenges and modifications offered.
Book via Down to Earth studio
Family yoga and mindfulness
When: Sunday March 15th, at Yoga Junction London N8Bring your kids along for a fun session of yoga stretching, stories, laughter and games. Learn some poses you can do together and variations that will be beneficial for young bodies - and minds. Become animals and discover some of the stories behind favourite yoga poses, play yoga games and sing as you tune into your breath! Yoga helps to boost self confidence, improves balance and agility as well as building strength and aiding good posture. It's also a fun activity to share!
Great for kids from 3 to age 8 and their parent/carer.
When: Sunday March 15thTime: 2.30-3.30pm
Cost: £13 per adult and child
£16 for one adult and 2 kids
Sensory Awareness and yoga – March 20th at YogaHome, London N16
Discover the art of unwinding
Beginning with floor-based movements, you’ll slide, glide, rock and move your body out of its habitual ways of holding itself. We’ll move to a stabilising and grounding asana practice with detail on alignment so you continue to feel inside the body, sensing how small, slow, shifts travel throughout your tissues. With this somatic awareness work you’ll learn to notice the smallest sensations and build this into your yoga, or indeed any other physical discipline. The practice is inspired by the fascia-releasing work of Tias Little, with whom Jayne has studied for many years.
This class is open to all students of yoga, Pilates and other styles of movement, but not suitable for pregnant or post-natal women.
Please wear warm & comfortable clothes ideally with no zips and fastenings that could dig in!
£14 drop-in, book via YogaHome
Please wear warm & comfortable clothes ideally with no zips and fastenings that could dig in!
£14 drop-in, book via YogaHome
Forms and flows - a pop up class weaving together elements of Qigong and vinyasa flow yoga.
Friday 21st February, 6.30 pm-8pm
Yoga and Qigong are complementary practices. Both can be flowing forms, helping us tap into and use our energy, while instilling a deep sense of awareness, inner calmness and focus on the present. Yoga is often taught in linear sequences such as Sun Salutations, with an emphasis on extension and strong asana, while Qigong offers softer, circular and rhythmic movement, and encourages more connection with the Earth.
Come explore the dance of both forms through an energising yet grounding practice! There will be flowing sequences and some held postures, embracing the rich backgrounds and traditions of the two forms.
Date: Friday Feb 21 st, 6.30pm-8 pm
Cost: £14
Book: via YogaHome- yoga and qigong
CPD workshops for Teachers and trainee teachers
Modifying challenging asanas Saturday 19th January, 2019 at 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Yogahome, London N16
A Continuing Professional Development workshop for yoga teachers and teacher trainees, accredited by Yoga Alliance
We all know what it feels like to continually work towards a pose that that never seems to get any easier. For some students, the struggle towards that elusive asana can have a huge effect on their entire practice, physically, mentally and emotionally. This workshop will give practical ideas on empowering your students, giving intelligent krama/progressions and variations of poses (with and without props) to take them a little further on their journey, feeling that they have achieved something and going away happy. We will work to take everyone along for the ride!
How can you modify challenging yoga asanas to safely support your students and encourage each one to progress?
We will cover the following areas:
- Encouraging compassion and ahimsa (non violence), the first ‘rule’ of yoga.
Intelligent krama (steps): highlighting the pathway of progressions so everyone can build up at their own pace, never feeling stuck.
Always offering options for students to feel the right action, the essence, and the joy of any posture, whatever their experience.
- Appreciating the journey: struggle fosters humility, teaches tenacity, and develops patience!
- Language: not encouraging competitiveness, praising the essence and effort, not the final shape.
- Observation, a bit of psychology and a dose of good humour helps: to discourage risky or forceful behaviour, and to support the fearful, the defeated or embarrassed.
Discover what you can do with modifications to help bring all your students along for the ride!
This workshop is open to all yoga teachers regardless of training and lineage, all yoga teacher trainees, and any advanced yoga student interested in teaching skills.
Cost: £35;
Book via YogaHome
In October, I am running some workshops designed for teachers and trainee teachers.
A Continuing Professional Development workshop for yoga teachers and teacher trainees, accredited by Yoga Alliance
We all know what it feels like to continually work towards a pose that that never seems to get any easier. For some students, the struggle towards that elusive asana can have a huge effect on their entire practice, physically, mentally and emotionally. This workshop will give practical ideas on empowering your students, giving intelligent krama/progressions and variations of poses (with and without props) to take them a little further on their journey, feeling that they have achieved something and going away happy. We will work to take everyone along for the ride!
This workshop is open to all yoga teachers regardless of training and lineage, all yoga teacher trainees, and any advanced yoga student interested in teaching skills.
Cost: £35;
How can you modify challenging yoga asanas to safely support your students and encourage each one to progress?
We will cover the following areas:- Encouraging compassion and ahimsa (non violence), the first ‘rule’ of yoga.
Intelligent krama (steps): highlighting the pathway of progressions so everyone can build up at their own pace, never feeling stuck.
Always offering options for students to feel the right action, the essence, and the joy of any posture, whatever their experience.
- Appreciating the journey: struggle fosters humility, teaches tenacity, and develops patience!
- Language: not encouraging competitiveness, praising the essence and effort, not the final shape.
- Observation, a bit of psychology and a dose of good humour helps: to discourage risky or forceful behaviour, and to support the fearful, the defeated or embarrassed.
This workshop is open to all yoga teachers regardless of training and lineage, all yoga teacher trainees, and any advanced yoga student interested in teaching skills.
Cost: £35;
Book via YogaHome
Book via YogaHome
The art of skilful adjustments
Sat, 6 Oct 2018 at 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm at Yoghome, London N16
A Continuing Professional Development workshop for yoga teachers and teacher trainees, accredited by Yoga Alliance
Why assist? There is much debate about whether teachers should “adjust” students. Assists are not about getting a student into a particular shape, but keeping them safe and helping them to evolve their practice. A skillful assist in class can make a huge difference to a student's experience and progress, providing feedback that they can internalise, Some students cannot translate a verbal cue internally.
Some students need just a very gentle pointer, reminding them to lift, breathe into or simply bringing awareness to a part of the body. Sometimes a student needs the physical support and stability to help them reach their full potential in a particular pose. Your task is reading your class and working out who needs what and when.
Some students need just a very gentle pointer, reminding them to lift, breathe into or simply bringing awareness to a part of the body. Sometimes a student needs the physical support and stability to help them reach their full potential in a particular pose. Your task is reading your class and working out who needs what and when.
Points covered will include:
- Reading bodies — observing your class and seeing the individual before you approach and which can be very different for everyone.
- Why assist — and should we? Discussion/debate from both student and teacher’s point of view. And how to teach an entire class while assisting an individual.
- Types of assists/adjustments: Verbal cues. Gentle, minimal assists and compassionate propping, compared to supportive, anchoring assists to help ground a student so they can fly.
- Respecting boundaries and honouring your student’s practice.
- Transitions - Being mindful and present while assisting, and taking care of yourself throughout
This workshop is open to all yoga teachers regardless of training and lineage, all yoga teacher trainees, and any advanced yoga student interested in teaching skills. £35
Book via YogaHome
Going upside down - change your perspective
Points covered will include:
- Reading bodies — observing your class and seeing the individual before you approach and which can be very different for everyone.
- Why assist — and should we? Discussion/debate from both student and teacher’s point of view. And how to teach an entire class while assisting an individual.
- Types of assists/adjustments: Verbal cues. Gentle, minimal assists and compassionate propping, compared to supportive, anchoring assists to help ground a student so they can fly.
- Respecting boundaries and honouring your student’s practice.
- Transitions - Being mindful and present while assisting, and taking care of yourself throughout
This workshop is open to all yoga teachers regardless of training and lineage, all yoga teacher trainees, and any advanced yoga student interested in teaching skills. £35
Book via YogaHome
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There are many reported benefits of inversions — from improving the circulation and immune system, toning the organs, to renewing creativity and even slowing the aging process. But the benefit that needs no supporting evidence, is that they make you feel happy and improve confidence. They do not have to be perfect! Come along and put your feet up!
Date: Sunday January 28th
Time: 2.00-4.00pm
At Yoga Junction, Crouch End
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Cost: £25
**You do not have to be able to do a headstand, handstand or any arm balances — there will be steps, modifications and options offered. If you are already confident with inversions, that’s brilliant… you will get ideas for different variations and techniques. There will be plenty of encouragement, support and tips for taking your practice further wherever you are.
Focus on Ashtanga Yoga
SATURDAY October 29th, 3—5.00 PM Ashtanga Ashtanga is at once challenging and calming. It demands discipline and commitment from yogis, yet within the structure of the Primary series, the main focus is on the expansion and flow of the breath. Ride the waves of your ujjayi breath, and your practice should become effortless, almost meditative. Come along and develop, or discover, your Ashtanga practice.
We will devote two hours to explore the Primary series, taking time to concentrate on healthy alignment and techniques, and work on the all-important transitions. Discover tips for attempting or improving jump-throughs and setting up the ending inversions, finishing with the breathing sequence and relaxation.
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| Suryanamaskara A |
All levels welcome, but not for complete beginners to yoga.
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